The initial evaluation for the third telecommunication provider in the Philippines was conducted by National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Wednesday. KAMI learned that out of three bidders, only the consortium of Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy with China was qualified for the bid.

In a report by CNN Philippines, the SEAR Telecom by Chavit Singson’s LCS Group and TierOne Communications was disqualified. As well as the Philippine Telegraph and Telephone (PT&T) Corporation was disqualified due to alleged lack of documents. The two companies said they will be filing an appeal to NTC.

Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corporation teamed up with China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telcom) and Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company (Mislatel). They used the name Mislatel for the bid as reported by Rappler.

However, the netizens have different reactions to the sole bidder for the third telco player. Here are some of their comments on the Facebook page of CNN Philippines:

“And as predicted... something smells Chinese... VERY Chinese. China Telecom and a “rising” Davao businessman’s company (who happens to be a big contributor to the President’s campaign before) is the last company standing. OBVIOUSLY the connection is just pure coincidence. Will we see improvement in prices, services and broadband speed? Let’s hopefully not wait too long to find out. Curious question: Speed readers ba ang mga taga NTC? Ang gaing nila magbusisi ng mga papers kase. Very efficient.”

In a recent report by KAMI, Singson was confident that his company will be winning in the bid. The netizens even reacted to his promise that they will be providing the cheapest telco rate in the country.

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